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HANCOCK, GRAHAM * REILLY
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AMERICUS. GEORGIA:
Friday Morning, May 27,1870.
Official Organ of Sumter Go,
OFFICIAL OEOAS OF SCHLEY COUNTY.
Official Organ of Lee County.
Ofllfial Organ of Webster County
BSk- Tho White Democrats carried the
State of Now York on Tuesday last by
scventy-fivo-thousaud majority—a white
man’s victory!
D®. A negro tlieatro has been started
in San Antonio, Texas. Plain folks are
not admitted. This is evidently a viola
tion of tho civil rights bill, and tho col
ored rebels should bo mado to feel it?
Bgfc. The railroad is completed batween
Selma and Rome, Georgia. Eleven
miles of track were laid in nine days, the
fastest track laying yet heard of in this
country,
Presbyterian General Assembly.
Louisville. May 14.—Huntsville Ala-
bama, has been chosen next place for
the meeting of the General Assembly,
delegates from the Associate Reform
Church and) tho, Cumberland Presbyte
rinn Church were fraternally received.
The final and exhaustive punish
ment of man’s original sin is recorded
I own in the birth of a female child with
three tongnes, Should that girl live to
fulfil the transitional stage of wifehood,
and culminate into a mother-in-law, then
will tho fall in which we sinned nil be
more than expiated.
Search op Con vents. —Up ward of
hundred Roman Catholic English ladies
of tho highest rank signed a petition
strongly protesting against the proposed
search of conventual institutions. The
]>etition is headed by the Duchess of
Norfolk, sister of Lord Lyons, tho Dow
ager Duchess of Sutherland, and the
Marchioness of Londoncrry.
S&~ Schenk’s now bill to reduce the In
ternal Revenue taxes, begins by impos
ing a new and heavy tax, in its most odi
ous and. offensive form. A new income
tax, in the place ofthc^ono that expires
this yer, and to the same amount, is to
ho levied on all incomes over 1,500.
This, as hitherto, will l>e but a nominal
e xemption, for on every dollar of divi
dends or interest the present tax |is de
ducted, nt the places of payment.
Revenue Decision.*—The following
letter, from Acting Commissioner Doug
lass, addressed to Dr. Geo. P. Rex, As
sessor, is published for the benefit of
those who my be engaged in the business
therein mentioned.
Treasury Department, )
Oflice of Internal Revenue,
Washington, May 13, 1860.)
Sir—In yours of the 5th instant, you
ask if parties selling prize candy pack
ages are liable to special tax as proprie
tors of ajgift'enterprise; and if the refer
ence thereto, under tho head of answers
to correspondents in record, vol. 11,
page 138, is official?
m In reply, I beg to refer yon to section
•0 of internal revenue laws, paragraph
•11; and to stato that all persons selling,
<>r offering for sale, packages of any kina,
having, or purporting to have, within
them, or accompanying them, gilts or
prizes which are for ami in consideration
of the purchase of said packages, etc.,
are subject to tho special tax of $150,
unless every package has the gift and the
gifts in all the packages are oi equal
value.
A The passage in the record (vol. 11, p.
138,) although not official, expresses ac
curately the ruling of this office.
Very respectfully,
J. w. Douglass,
Acting Commissioner.
Geo. I. Rex, Esq., Assessor 2d Dis
trict Selma, Ala.
S&F* At a recent lecture in the Royal
Assembly Room, Birmingham, Mr.
CharlesLnnn explained the qualifications
requisite in a musical instrument, und
passed on to speak of tho human voice,
nature's instrument. In order to pro
duce a sound there must bo air, or
breath; but this did uot produce tone or
sound. That air must bo set in motion
by means of vocal organs, for sound was
air in motion. The humau vocal sound
was the result of breath or air obstructed
in the organs of sound, and that obstruc
tion could be used at will. He then gave
a minute description of tho nature, mode
of action, and capabilities of the vocal
organs, remarking that sound was pro
duced by the air looming out from the
chest through the windpipe exciting the
vocal organs.
The chief object of a master or a pupil
in that science was to get the greatest
possible sound with the least possible air.
Intensity and strength did not consist in
or depend upop the quantity of air con
sumed, but the way in which it was used.
Ho characterised the idea of their being
.i “chest voice” as stupid and erroneous.
Having enlarged upon various other
points, including the voice as a means of
conveying thought, the influence of 'dia
lects, and tho duties and objects of
master, ho concluded by a brief refer
ence to tho nature of stammering and
consumption. He said there wero vari
ous causes' of stammering, and in two
cases only could it be treated with any
hope of success. H he were to say that
he could “sweep consumption from the
land," ho should tell them what was
false, but in many cases a proper know-
lodgo of the nature of the vocal forgans,
tho way to use them, and a duo everrese
of them, would prevent the di»*ase from
taking root in the constitution.
£©-. Miss Evalino L. Gates, of Yellow
Springs, Ohio, writes that she likes trow-
sers and wears them, believing them a
more comfortable, convenient, and de
cent article of apparel than flowing skirts.
We know of some girls who like trow-
sers too, bat they haven't, as yet, adopted
them as their wearing oppsrrd, They
would prefer taking trowsers and what is
usually in them at the same time.
Female telegraphers are jronoraced a
success in Rnwia.
.The Railroad to Newnan.—The peo
ple along this contemplated route seem
to have bocome aroused to the impor
tance of this great enterprise; and there
is evident a determination on the part of
the citizens of Schley, Marion, Talbot,
Meriwether, and other counties, to build
if, if tho project is in any way dependent
on their co*oj>erative efforts in its behalf.
Will Sumter county, and particularly
Americas sleep over its own interest in
this important matter ? We wonld like
to stc a spirit of enterprise aroused
among our citizens. They need but be
convinced of the importance of building
a railroad from this place to Newnan to
induce the capital and energy of Sumter
county to be at onco employed to con
summate the construction of the propos
ed road.
To Americas the road to Newnan is of
peculiar interest aud importance. It will
open to us an independence and cheap
ness of freights we can have by no other
route. Is this not enough to arouse the
energy of our citizens to make a bold
strike for onr young aud thriving city ?
We could then offer to a large portion of
Southwest Georgia a cheap and commo
dious produce market. This is a fact onr
people should begin to realize and doubt
less they will act at once upon a sober
judgment in tho matter.
Every one who will take tho troublo to
examine the. geography of the country
through which tho proposed road js to be
run from Newnan to Americas, will l>c
convinced of its eligibility anti practica
bility as a means of developing much min
eral and agricultural wealth and paying
handsome dividends.
Whenever there is a determined pur
pose exhibited by those mterested in this
enterprise, what they lack in capital to
build the rood will be supplied by capi
talists abroad who are not slow in taking
a 3mnd in all paying enterprises.
A meeting will be held at Geneva, on
the 15th of June, at which committees
from Sumter, Schley, Marion, Talbot,
Meriwether and other conntios are invit
ed to be present to deliberate ou the mat
ter and compare notes and seo what can
and how soon something may l»e done.—
It is hoped that a meeting of the citizens
of Sumter will be called at an <arly day
to send delegates to Geneva, and meet in
council gentlemen from other sections
who will be there to consult ou this im
portant subject Let everyone of our
citizens take a deep interest in this mat
ter. Citizens of Americus arouse your
selves to action before it is too lute. Let
all show their approval of the enterprise
by signing a call for an early meeting.—
This road must bo built, if our citizens
desire to save their property from ruin
ous depreciation.
BRIEFS.
—Captain hides Hill, formerly of La-
Grange, lied at Valdosta on the 2d.
. SSU Some example* of the marvels of
memory would seem entirely incredible
Lad they not been given to us upon the
highest authority. Cyrus knew the name
—Ida Lewis, tlio Newport li. roine, i i! ot «>cli in his army. It is also
-luted of Themistocles that he could coll
to be married in the fall.
—Heniy A. Wise is suggested as can
didate for Mayor of Richmond.
—Tennyson is declared to bo verj
jealous of Longfellow’s reputation in Eng
land, where the latter has many admirers.
—Mrs. Senator Spraguo and Mrs. Fer
nando Wood wear tlio handsomest jewel
ry in Washington.
—John Smith recently gave Oberlin
College $5,000. John Smith is in jail
New Orleans for bigamy.
—Itev. C. B. Smythe, of •‘gin and
milk” fume, will start a church of his
in New York, and c-xpeets many of his
old congregation to follow his fortunes.
©a?"* The word “ Democrat ” as applied
to the Democratic parly of the present
day is a misnomer. According to Web
ster the signification of the word is “One
who adheres to a goxermnent by the peo
ple, or favors the extension of the right
of suffrage to oil classes of men. ” Is not
this the dortrino of tho Radical party ?
They wish to and have enfranchised the
negroes, while the Democrats have op- j poisoned - S,JI
posed it. The difference between the [ P° n *
two parties is only in morals, character ! novr l"^ ar expedition
and integrity, or at least in many of the started from New kork
- - Senator Arne % of Mis&iflfippi, is
stopping in Lowell, at the house of Gen.
Butler. His marriage with Miss Blanch
Butler takes place probably in July.
—Don’t fret over what you can't help,
and then again, don’t fret over wliat y
can help; therefore, don’t fret at nil.
—The best way for a man to train np
a child in the way lie shonld go,
travel that way himself.
—It is a pleasant thing to sec roses aud
lilies upon a young lady’s cheek, but a
very bad sign to see a young man’s face
break out in blossoms,
—Susan B. Anthony says that while
showasinthe \Vest, on her lecturing
tour, she had tho question personally
popped nine times, and by letter fifteen
times. O Susan!
—Some New York ladies ripped open
t wo old pincushions, the other day, and
found that 1,500 needles had slipped iu-
••idu tho cushions in tho fc coor.‘e of five
years.
—Mr. Joali Whipple, of Squawlxiro’,
does not see the need of build ng school-
houses and paying teachers to educate u
“parcel of boys and gals who know a
darned sight more than their parents do
already.”
—The Salt Lake papers arc making
merry over a light in tho house of a Mor
mon Bishop, l«i which the “saint” got
fearfully thrashed. Vr
—Iu Bulgaria when a person dies,only
the women wear mourning. They
press, their grief by wearing their clothes
inside out.
— It lias beeu legally decided in Cin
cinnali, that it is impossible to steal an
umbrella, aud that possession is in
cases evidence of ownership.
—A man of miraculous meanness is
ported to live in Norwalk, who is worth
$100,000, and yet allows his sister to work
iu u Danbmy lull factory for $1 a day.
—The navy of the Sandwich islands, it
is said, consuls of two iisliiug smacks
and a raft.
—A Cincinnati school girl has been
eking the ink from her
most prominent men of the Radical jwir-
ty these traits are wholly wanting, aud
as they are the rulers the result of their
legislation is naturally of an unprincipled
character. From this causo onr coun
try is suffering and men of honor shrink
from the dark pages of its history which
is being recorded in shameless infamy.
It is not negro suffrage that is so much
opposed at the South, but ihe tendency
toward evil of ignorance in office. The
Government was fonnded on a Repub]i
basis but its character was never
wholly sustained; there was a mixture
of good and evil in its Constitution, and
the good always fell to the share of the
stronger section which was the North.—
Perhaps tho political morals of the South
have not suffered by the evils which have
fallen to her share, but it is quite evident
that degradation was intended. The mot
to of the great mass of the whites of the
South “Justice to all, whether Had: or
white, Democrat or Radical ” has been of
salutary influence in onr favor.
The Atlanta Dajly Sun is the name
of a new journal issued in Atlanta, at $5
year. It is edited by Mr. A. R. Wat-
>n, an accomplished and fluent writer.
Its typogrrphical appearance is all that
make it, and is, in onr opinion,
the neatest journal ever issued from that
city. In politics it promises to bo live
and independent, and, in the language of
Rip Van Winkle, we hope it may '
long and prosper.”
Tho Albany News of the 20th
tains on article on Advertising Agencies,
which wo most heartily endorse. As a
general thing, they are swindling institu
tions, and the respectable press should
frown down all advances from snch
sources. It is timo that tlio press of this
State should throw off tho Rhafkles of
monopoly, and treat only with tho adver
tisers tliemselves. We hope our friend
of the News will continno to “give them
particular fils.”
CnEAP.-Tho Gate City Laundry advertise*
ui*. it is prepared to wash ladies* bosoms for
flvo cents etch. This Is extraordinarily cheap,
considering the delicacy of tho article and the
eiall neccaaarv for its manipulation.—At. Coji-
STfriTION-.
If it could l»e gotten into running
der here, wo would l»e almost tempted to
enter tlie business ourself.
Conundrum.—Sam—“Jake,* what’s do
differenc > between tho Atlanta Daily Sun
and de ’stinguislied luminary dat illumin
ates de heavens?”
Jake—“Dout know, Sam, what is it?”
Sam—“Why. do Atlanta Sim got
Rainwater in it, and de o<ler sun hasn’t.'
^ Paper napkins for table use have
jnst been introduced into the restaurants
of Germany. They answer every pur
pose for one using. Three of them cost
less than a cent
SadAccipemt to Mbs. W. C. H. Coop-
eb.—We regret to loam that Mrs. W. C.
H. Cooper met with a serious accident,
resulting in painful injury, on Sunday
last. She and her husband were riding
out, and stopped to gathermoaa from the
hanging bows of an oak, and while she
was standing on the seat reaching np for
lie moss the hone suddenly moved.
She loet her balaaee and fell across the
wheel to the ground—injuring her aide,
shoulder and neck seriously, but we hope
not dMOgetonalj.—Albany JNetct, 21ilu
rajigements can be completed.
—A starch manufactory in Massachu
setts uses a thousand bushels of potatoes
daily.
-r-About one half of the island of Cu
ba is in tlio lmmls of the insurgents.
—An appeal m made to the New York
Methodists to assist the Rev. Horace
Cook of elopement notoriety. He
poor aud peniten'.
—Louis Napoleon takes all the Paris
journals—for nothing. When iu this
country ho treated hotels in tho same
liberal manner.
—Geperel Jnbal Early’s father, Jacob
Early, died lo&t TJ'fPk. at Lexington, Va.,
aged eighty seven.
—A Boston juryman signed a petition
for the pardon of a convict, becanse,
he said, he was afraid if he did not, the
man would kill him.
—A coach once presented to] Daniel
Webster, and by him given to the late
Charles March, of Greenland, New
Hampshire, is to ho sold at auction at
Portsmouth. % .
--There is no vice that doth so cover a
man with oLwxc q$ to be found false and
perfidious.
—Tho following is said to bo * reliable
method for preserving grapes daring the
winter; Take boxes the size of candle
boxes, nail phwfts across the ends to lay
slats on, and put i? tlie bottom a news
paper. Having ready a dish of fiot seal
ing wax, dip the ends of the steins in it
Pat a layer of grapes in the box carefully,
then a paper, then grapes again, and so
on till fall; not more that three layers in
each box. Nail up tight, keep in a cool,
dry place until cold weather, then place
in a dry cellar.
—The following hit at the water-cure
was mode by Charles Lamb, and none
but himself could have made so quaint a
conceit: “It is,” said he, neither newnor
wonderful, for It is os old as the deluge,
which, in my opinion, killed more than
it cured.'
—John Itnssel Young, in i*8 Standard,
gives probably a correct idea of McFar
land’s character in the remark mode
since tho close of that trial, that ho
“a thriftless, dreamy, literary man, with
enthusiasms aud siugtilar aspirations,
a strange, graphic, mournful character,
more like Hugo’s or Balzac’s creations
tli«ui n living man.” That ho was sub
ject to fits of moroseness and melancho
ly, which would break forth in splenetic
outbursts, accompanied with morbid
imaginings, thope appears to bo little
doubt, and the fact goes for io justify tho
verdict of the jary. But had hut life
been as placid as a millpond, he would
still have been acquitted, it being next
to impossible to get a jury who will bang
the man who shoots his wife’s seducer.
by name every citizen of Athens, altlio’
the number amounted to twenty thou
sand. Mithridatcs, King of Pontus,
knew all his eighty thousand soldiers by
their right names. Scipio knew all the
inhabitants of Rome. Seneca complained
of old ago 1 localise lie could not, as form
erly, repeat two thousand names in the
order in wliich they were repeated to
him; and he stated that on one occasion,
when at his studies, 200 unconnected
verses haring beeu recited by tho differ
ent pupils of his preceptor, ho repeated
them iu a reversed order,proceeding from
the first to tho lost.
Lord Granville could repeat, from be
ginning to end, the New Testament in
tho original Greek. Coke, the tragedian,
is Raid to have committed to memory all
tho contents of a daily newspaper. Ra
cine could recite all the trogedies of Eu-
ri pedes.
It is said that George III never forgot
a face ho had once Been, nor a name he
had heard. Miraadola wonld commit to
membry tlie contents of a book by read
ing it three times, and could frequently
repeat tho words backward os well as for
ward. Cranmer committed to memory,
in three months, an entire translation of
tho bible. Euler, tlie mathematician,
could repeat the .Enid, and Leibnitz,
when an old man, could recite tho whole
Virgil, word for word.
It is said that Bossuet could repeat,
not only tho whole bible, bnt all Homer,
Virgil and Horace, besides many others.
Mozart hail a wonderful memory of
musical sounds. When only fourteen
years of age, he went to Rome to assist in
the solemnities of Holy Week. Imme
diately after his arrival, he went to the
Sistino Chapel to hear the famous Misc-
rare of Allegri. Being aware that it was
forbidden to take or give a copy of this
longevity.
death presents itself to us under a repul
sive and tenyfipg aspect, it is solely ow
ing to onr habits and prejudices having
perverted our feelings.. Montaigne just
ly said it is tlio darkening the room, tho
faces full of grief and desolation, the
moaning and crying, that made death ter
rific. Civilization, associations that it
can coujuro up, has also contributed to
rendering it a hideous specter. It is tho
reverse with the patient. In nine cases
out of ten death is not only a relief, but
almost a sense of voluptuousness. Sleep
daily teaches ns the realities of death.—
“ Sleep and death are twins, ” said the
poets of antiquity. Why, theif, should
we fear death, when we daily invoke its
brother as a friend and a consolation ?
“ Life, ” said Bnft’on, “ begins to fail long
beforo it is utterly gone.” Why, then,
should we dread tho last moment, when
we are prepared for its advent by so
mauy other moments of a similar char
acter V Death is as natural as life. Both
come to us tho same way, without our
consciousness?, without our being able to
determine the advent of either. No one
knows the exact moment when he goes to
sleep, none will know the exact moment
of his death. It is certain that death is
generally a pleasurable feeling. Lncan
used to say that death would be uiisnp-
nortablo to man if the gods had not hid
den from him the happiness he would ex
perience in dying. Tullius Morcellinus,
Francis Suarez, and the philosopher La
Mettrie, all spoke of the voluptuousness
of their last moments. Such are the con
solations which philosophy presents to
timid minds that fear death.
ton, specials of Fxiday t we find the fol
lowing letter. The dispatch says that
Bard will return to Georgia to take up
the cudgels against that poor persecuted
man, Bullock:
Washington, D. G., Mvy 20, ’70.
To His Excellency the President:
Sib : The political condition of Geor
gia is still unsettled and unsatisfactory.—
I hoped and exj*ected ero this it would
have been otherwise. As it is not, I deem
it a duty which I owe to the people of
Georgia to resume my profession as ;
journalist, in the city of Atlanta. Ihav
the honor, therefore, to hand yonr Ex
cellency this my resignation as Governor
of the territory of Idaho, to take effect
from the 5th day of June, 1870. With
great respect, I am, Mr. President, your
friend and fellow-citizen,
Samuel Bard.
The Shooting Fish.—This very re
markable fish is a native of the East In
dies. Nature lias constructed this aquatic
sportsman in a very singular manner,
bnt one admirably adapted to his sport
ing predilection?. The fish has a hollow,
cylindrical beak. He frequents the rivers
of the sea-shore in search of food, and
from the usual manner in which he
provides for his daily wants ho derives
his name. When this hungry gentleman
espies a fly or an insect not taking due
».*are of himself, but sitting on the plants
that grow in sluilow water, he swims away
to the distance of four or five feet that
he may take aim at his prey, and when
he has. done so to liis satisfaction, he
renowned piece of music, Mozart placed 1 then with amazing dexterity and clever-
ness, ejects out cf his tnbe-liko mouth
onodropof water, which is so well di
rected aud so swiftly shot forth, that it
never fails to knock the fly into the
water, and once there all hopes of escape
is gone—the fish darts upon his prey and
eagerly devours it; thus supplying ns
with another instance of the diversified
inodes by which nature qualities it connt-
i in >f creatures with the powers
himself in a corner aud gave tho strictest
attention to the music, and on leaving
tho church noted down tho entire piece.
A few days afterword ho heard it a second
time, and, following tho music with his
own copy in his hand, satisfied himself of
the fidelity of liis memory. The next
day lie sang tho Miserere nt a concert, ac
companying himself on tho harpsichord,
and the performance produced such a
sensation in Rome that Pope 0lament
XIV requested that this musical prodig}'
should l>e presented to him at onee.
8££u The appe trance of Junius Henri
Browne on the witness stand in the Mc
Farland trial is said to have suggested a
sort of metaphysical Beau Brmnmell—a
compound of Hegel and Yerisopht. He
wore (lainted kid gloves of tlie color
known as ashes of roses, velvet coat,
small tasselod cane, whiskers a la Dun
dreary.- and pepper and salt trousers. Be
fore lie kissed tlie Bible he wiped it
daintily with a liankerchief edged with
Cardinal lace, ;ind after Kissing it drew
its soft downy folds with the r.ir of a
petite maitre across his lips.
Dr. Bam. Bard, whilom Editor ot
the Era, and receutly ooufirwed as Gov
ernor of Idaho, has tendered Uia re&igna*
tioa, and intends to enter the lists against
his Bovine Expressellency. It is said
that he owns a controlling interest iu
tlie Sun newspaper, so we may reasonably
expect to welcome hijft Lack in the ranks
editorial.
less millio
necessary for procuring food.
New York Newspaper Stock.—The
Evening Post has gouo up 25 per cent
in four years. The Journal of Commerce
has hold its own for twenty years. The
Times has gram flown 20 per cent, since
Raymond’s death. The fcua 190 per cent
above par, doubling iu a year. The Tri-
buuo has nearly doubled its value. The
Herald barely holds its own.
Regulations for Bitters.—Washing
ton, May 10.—Tho Intermd Revenue
office has modified certain rulings on the
subject of “bitters” to the extent that
every man who prepares or compounds
bitters, nsing in them preparation rectifi
ed spirits on which tho tax lias been paid
and who prefers to bo placed in tho class
of ‘medicines’ rather than that of “recti
fied of distilled spirits,” or to stamp the
bitters which he manufacture or
pounds before sells the same or removing
them from the place of manufacture,
shall be allowed to pay special tax as a
manufacturer and not be required to pay
special tax as a rectifier. In a case iu
point, where the parties manufacture
“tonic bitters,” the sale of which depends
largely upon their medicinal character, it
is suggested they be taxed as manufactur
ers of medicine.
DiiiuHs Against Crops—The Colum
bus Sim says;
Quite an extensive laud-owner iu ono
of the neighboring counties remarked tlio
other day that ho had been having
dreams for tho past twenty years, be
tween tho first of January and the last
of April, and strange to say they liad all
come true. Their purport, this year is
tliat the cqtton aud corn crops in this sec
tion aj-o to b eycry poor. Ju consequence,
ho has rented out tho greater pottiou of
his lanfl, and is cultivating little. He is
endorsed as a responsible man and no
visionary,
Stbange and Terrible Disease.—Rat-
terson, New Jersey, is afflicted with a re
markable disease, which has proven fatal
to all who liavo been attacked with it.
It has beeu treated for scarlet fever, but
it is attended with strange symptoms
which make it appear something out of
the ordinary list of diseases. The victims
have holes eaten through their throats,
and after death, wliich has invariubly
followed a few days’ suffering, the bodies
have grown black.
ESLTho Buffalo Repress says;
young man named Frank Thorne, now
stopping in this city, informs ns that he
lias concluded arrangements with parties
at the Falls to make a leap from the new
suspension bridge into the river, a dis
tant of MX) feet, on tho 13th of next August,
the day after tlie horse-race here. Sente
sufficient to accomodate several thousand
persons will be erected along both shores.
Air. Thorne, we understand, is to receive
the sum of $10,000 for this undertaking
A Washington Democratic Paper,—
It is mid thut John Morrisey, Ex-May ore
Barrett aud Wallaeh are about to start
a Democratic doily paper in Washington
—there- lieing uouu ut the. preseut
time.
According to I’itz Hugh Lmllow, Brig
ham Young is ope of tlie richest men in
the world. Soipe idea ipay lie had ot
his immense wealth when we state, on the
authority of that writer, that a single
New.Yorl; house has invested sixty mil
lion in securities on liis aepount, and liis
po$spssioqs iu Great Rrittan enable him
the
Bank of England.
DSL A society, already counting more
than one hundred members, lias been
formed in Paris, pledging themselves
not to be hurried after death, blit to be
queath their bodies for dissection, so as
to aid the science of anatomy as much
iTtnfut jlaySU Evening.—BeoelpU to-day 51;
des 14; shipped 41.
We hsTo hxd a# change U> note in tUo tone of
the market, If we except tho slight improvement
in tho demand. Tho market cloned with *
moderate demand this evening at 20j for mid
dlings—a fancy article bringing ‘2i cents.
k Vouk, May 24.—Cotton dull; sales 1000
bales; middling uplands 52J; Orleans 23].
Qold strong at 14i@14J.
Savannah, May 24 Cotton, none offering;'
middlings 21 J;
Livkrpooi, May 24, evening—Cotton closed
irregular; uplands 10J to 11 Orlorna 11].
AMERICUS MARKET.
Corrected expressly for the Itepubl:
nr MONTOOStKKY a su.iw.
Canvassed
RACOJi-Clear Sides 19<re20c. Shoulders 1C}(2
17c. Hams, plain 20^2V. *
2:1025c.
BULK MEATS—None.
MOLASSES-GS^n 00.
SYRUPS—90@H 50
SUGARS—15© 20.
FISH—Kitts $2 50(^M 50. 4 bbl« 45 D0^?8 50
‘ bbl SO ODf.cSlG CO. libls $10 OfrftftlOOO.
Irish Potatoes—None.
TOBACCO—75@$1 50 per lb for sound.
BUTTER—Goshen 50c. Country 30^440.
EGGS- Buying 25c. Selling :$0c.
LARD—Prime Leaf 2.“V?/25c.
FLOUR OWtill 00 according to quality.
AMERICUS COTTON MARKET.
Amebiccs, Ga May 25,1870.
COTTON- Demand fair. Wo quote 18@W.
15, 1870.
FINANCIAL.
Amkiucch, Ga., May
GOLD—Buying 12. Sailing 16.
SILVER—Buying 8. Selling 12.
SIGHT EXCHANGE ON N. Y.—Bnyin„ .
“ “ “ “ Selling] prei
RATE OF INTEREST- On money 2f per ec
per mouth.
§uUTrtisrmcnts.
WILCOX & GIBB’S
SILENT
Coiqe and g Ujf
—Tooa—
°ry Goods
While they are Cheap
Money is Plentiful.
W ° & ^r«x, 00
Satisfaction.
JUST RECEIVED
Hats and Bonnets
Iren Hay.
GALL AND SEE THEM
A PERFECT WONDER
i simplitllv, strength of stitch, apd beauty
ish. Needle in tself-adjuttiug ami canuot
1 wrong. It tm-ka, ©md*, hta&», folia, em
broiders, braids, quilts and does all kinds oi
plain and fancy sowing, with neatness and dis
patch. For sale st manufacturer's prices bv
I. N. HART & CO., agents.
I. N. HART & CO.
TH0S. 31. EDE.V
GUN & LOCKSMITH,
Donlor in
GUNS, PISTOLS,
lOO Bushels
GROUND PEAS|®
WANTED AT
F RANK HALL'S,
ing ammunition of every kind. \Veu~~ „
loading Rides. Now on hand* large tml hi*-
assortment of fishing tackle, consisting in jar.
of grass, eilk, cotton and linen lines, bonk*,
floats, sinkers, jointed and reed poles, set line*,
spears, trout flies, spoou and npiuuing bait, Uu
boxes, etc. N. B.—igeuev of the celebrate:
Wilson Shuttle Sewing Machine*. £ut mL
Public Square, next door to \Vjn. Sirrine 4 j|ou-,
C O HEN ,
North side Lamars:
CgL. The Boston Times of the 18th
contains a long account of an interview
with Colonel Sullivan and Major McNa
mara, of the Fenian army, whiph infor
mation is of tho most important kind re
lative to tho next raid into Canada, The
Fenian Treasury is said to l>e in-the most
flourishing condition, and an abundance
of meu, money and war material is avail
able at any time. Tho prospects of a
successful movement rw pajd to bo ex
ceedingly bright.
The wild climate of tho Southern
Stales will undoubtedly attract emigra
tion from Europe. A single jnstanco of
this will bo fQURd the removal of two
or three Polish toHiUte# ffPW Michigan
to a Polish settlement in Amherst Boun
ty, Virginia. A Catholia Priest, ot the
Michigan colony, after visiting Virginia,
hw« reported in favor of the removal, for
it appear? that tlio Poles found the cli»
mate of Michifcki# joo cold for them.
Count Smolinski, the founae* of Am
herst colony, states that tho soil and cli
mate of Virginia are admirably adapted
to the <y( the vino, aud that the
colonists may, by their ^fli^try, diversi
fy their employments, tortious cf the
Carvfbifiy fife still better adapted to tho
grape.
Alone in Infamy.—At tlio Fifteenth
Amendment celebration in New Orleans,
the other day, General Lougstreet rode
at the head of the procession in a carriage
by himself.
A terribly destructive fire at Fin-
castle, Virginia, the other day, destroyed
between forty and fifty houses, aud
caused a loss of $400,000, of which there
was an insupipce of pqt piqre than
$15,000.
£&* From a report in the convention
of tho Protestant Episcopal Church, of
the Diocese of Alabama, now in session
in Montgomery, we learn tliat during the
year po§v tjmre wero 5G6 baptisms, and
482 confirmations exceed qf any
other year, 119. The communicants in
creased 35 per cent. There ore 2,625
comw u WPants in tho Diocese, aud 2.23G
Sunday Sjjehool scholars, flje contribu
tions for religions purposes during the
year opfonntjed to $27,2f)l Q3.
Bullook's Insult to Bute Uni
versity.—Tlio An gusto Chronicle pub
lishes the list of ltevercnds and Hcnorn-
bles appointed by Bullock as a Board of
Visitors to the University of Georgia with
tho following :
* ‘The following official list of tt»e Board
of Visitors to the Btato University we
clip from a llndieal paper. We desire
that tlio Recent intelligent men of the
State may see and kq^v tjie material
of which this Board is composed.—
Q lit of tlie toil persons ' re-elected Imt
8SSt467*JJSKSSS:
section. j College street, two large bay mules; ono a horse
— j mnlo and the other a ma*.e*owle, pic latter
8gg.Au observer in Washington, speak-; . wl “ shoe off the left forefoot, and » httlp lame
ing about I>. B. Benators says; me or*, on <r. ■>
Tlie most of them sit with then hands
tlieir pockets, walk with their hands
in theirpockets, and talk with their hands
in their pockets.
To which the Cincinnati Times (Bad.)
responds;
We thought they spent most of their
time wiih their hands in Uncle Sam’s
pockets. " * • “ •
(inijiil Fenian Movement
. Buffalo. May —There is some ac
tivity among tho Fenian leaders. Men
quietly concentrated ut the rendez
vous here. It is imp ois’ble to say at this
time where the invasion will be made.
The point first attempted may be a blind,
thought the frontier is lined with
It is reported tho United States
steamer Michigan token up a position
at Port Colborne, Canada, iu tjio harbor,
to protect the Wellaiul caual.
A Sean+e»’$ $0059 is to bo established
•*n Savanna,!)
The village qf Columbia is anxious for
watep works.
Tho Masonip fraternity qf AthiLtaliave
U&4 u jHQ-wiu,
The Ordiuary of Floyd county has
married 2,700 couples. He tried it on
himself the other day, jnst to keep liis
hand in.
Negro Mail Agents.—The following
post-office appointments were made last
Isaac S. Mullins (colored) appointed
a route agent between Raleigh, N..C.,
and Norfolk Va., vice John K. Shore de
clined; Nathan V. Hunter, (colored,)
appointed route agent betweent Selma,
Ala., aqd Kingston, tfa., yioe Thomas D.
Fister, resigned.
J©-Ont of four acres of ground Dr.
GUIs of Morgan county Alabama, raised
over 1,000 bushels of sweet potatoes,
which brought two dollars per * * *
When are you eaten raiser*.
ten a^d chfldrcp.—
Sheridan, the bummer, is at SaltLake.
. .. . _ cw be fcffiud. The
idoa of It. L. Mott, Join) Happh*. M»ghee,
Robb aud Pretty mail being selected for
a duty of that kind akowa tfjst Pollock is
determined to bring the University into
disgrace if be cun. He has not forgotten
the insult of Joseph, nor docs be forget
that liis darling Mends of African} scent
are still prevented from entering its
portals.”
j Out of tlie tou persons re-elected but
Tub Bimxn: Acuo*. the MaMsaim- ^ of iotcUigonoc, l«u-m ;J g
Tlie St. Louis Republican devotes four
columns to the great bridge across the
Mississippi at that point It will be 2230
feet in length, and will cost $4,490,953,
three millions of which will bo fnrnlshed
by St Louis and tho remainder of the
capital come from New York. The river
pfllt of the bridge will rest on four
mensepiei-s copstpqctpd pf granite, the top
of which will be flfty feet above hjgh yater
mark, and the piers will be 145 to 175
height from their foundation up. The
span of the pripcijal ureh will l>e 515
feet, and the arches will be constructed
of cast steel. The bridge will bo a high
way for eight railroads. It will be com
pleted by the last of next year. .
A Trillion.—'This is a simple word,
but it includes a great many units,
person who had commenced counttn at
the creation and had been miraculously
allowed to continue his task, wojdd not
have reached the number yet by a veiy
considerable margin, because a trillion
of seconds is about thirty-two thousand
years. A little calculation of this tort
sometimes raiders a man better able to
appreciate what a short space of time he
is allowed to live in this sublunary
sphere, and what an exceedingly long pe
riod eternity is compared with it.
Still Dbt and Hot.—We have had _ _
rain yet. Crop* and gardens are suffer
ing i /trionsjy. Man and beast are'dying
3 41 ’ 1 — : — a lively
B£5l. Tho Jjtew ^fork TriLidie at the 18th
has ap article on “ The B’ohtJiejrn Staplo,”
from which .wemakoa few brief extracts,
ft says:
Fron) the time when so good a farmer
as George Washington liafl a hundred
oqws in hia yards, and bought bntter for
his table, the South has been a standing
illustration of '-system that seems to
faring wealth but in fact leads to penury.
* * Far be it from us, who justly
prize the thrift and enterprise of North
era cl aracter, to draw invidious distinc
tions* 0? fan a sectional pride. *
The South' spends top jpupb on factors
and shipping merchants • sWkeeps* on
tho road such long trains of wagons; she
supports such »n army of steamboat hands
and sailors, and clerks, and brpkers, and
insurance agents—in short she pays
large ashore of what tho earns in order
to get a chance to buy what she wants,
that she must continue to live in log cab
ins and ride in bridle paths.
X p,ip&i‘ fc gmn'fg Hip ioun«D about
a girl iu Chester, Vt., dying from tight
lacing. An editor, commenting on tho
fact, sajs: “These cortets shonld bo
done Awuj* \vi|4i j if the girls (
live without being s^uce^ed, we sup r ___
men can be found who would sacrifice
theipsolypc. 4s pld as we' are, we would
rather devote thrpp Jipnrj a flay, without
a ppnt of pay, os a brevet porset| than see
there girls dym* (jff ?H !!># fflanuer* Of
fice hours almost any time. *•
Corode decline* to be a candidate for
re-election to Congress.
The name for eggs among California.
Chinamen gfajofcen-Duta.
SO"A p®!** >mt in III
soluble way: “ If yon
ilollac go and par him; wl
money we ongbt to keep
lively. qi|, ^tl
owed Jim, Jim gbt m*«V bevauus
talks
i tbit
nc bnt a single
ero ia so little
loving it around
G!T®d Bfll and Bill
“ mjilc ~
pay one morning last wetk'; but wo piid Bill,
and Bill paid Jim, and Jim went to bed that
night liappj as a 'elan., with just as much
money (is fao had ia thb moniing, and three
men cijt of de} i." *
A Detroit negro prisoner, qn liis fray to
tho pooitentivy for lawny, wm asked wiiat he
thought of tho trial. He , «qviam dat
lawyer dat ’fended me made hi* speech, I
thought ubuah I waa'gofn'g to take my rile hat
an’ walk right out of dat oot'n room; but when
do odor lawyer got up and commenced talkin,
I knew I waa de biggest rascal on top of do carf.’
Tub Qxly Sajett.—^rt'eycry man, especially
thoso in public life, who desire tc avoid a drunk
ards’ death, remember that he is qn N the crumb
ling verge of such an infamy when ho begins
to feel tfaat Jp orfler to prepare himself T ibo doc
tor for Consultation, the 4wycr for a psse, tfag
clergyman for a sermon, tjje polificiah for a
speech—hewu»t t|ke » drink cl liquor ora
plug of opium, and the self same moment of
that discovery let him put his foot down, raise
hia hand and swear, that by the help 9f God,
he will never taste another grain or drop as long
aa life remains. This is the only safaty.
mule baa
— — 0 —. A liken..
reward will bo paid for tho delivery of the mules
and information concerning them will be thank
fully received. _ J. F. BAILEY,
my26*tf Americus, Ga.
GETTING MARRIED.—Ei
VJ save for young men.—on tho delights of
Home, aud the propriety or impropriety of get
ting married, with sanitary help for those who
foci unfitted for pistrhnoplsl happiness. Sent
lreo in scaled envelopes. ’Adqreas Howard As-
sociation, Box P: Philadelphia, P—my21
JUST RECEIVED,
Lemon*, UrangCb,
Apples, Raisins,
Cnvnmts, Citron Viekles,
Preserves, . ilramly Peaches,
Ac., Ae.
ALSO, A SllTI.Y OB
FINE . WINES,
Claret, Sherry, Ete.,
VRPH ars m
SPEJtlOa QUALITY,
ASP A?
Extremely Low Prices!
oaiAt froos a’j*
Frank Hall’s.
niy2G-4t North side Lamar sL
What is the difference between a sol.
( dicr and a fashionable ladj t One faces
Tho Mexican Government has confla- t|w powder, and the other powders tho
fated PnntA rstatov. ifa** .. * . .
SEVYIP MACHINES
' OS TIME)
WE WILL SELL
The American Gombmatiou
JflrrroNvJfOLp OVERSEAMING
SEWING MACHINE
OR TH3
PLAIN AMERICAN,
which will do all that can bo done on tlie Com
bination Machine, except the
Button Hole & O verseaming.
ON TIME !
nog make tho lock *>tito
„ Will qot Rip!
They willbtiUh, hem, felt, tuck, cor
S uilt, and gather and sew ou. In fact
oeverything tliat any other machine
comparatively noiaeleas, and easier than any
other two thread machine. We will sell these
machines to respond bio parties upon the follow
ing terms:
£25 cash when the vutchiue is fought, bal
ance in weekly in$talinenis ui\tl die.
machine is paid for.
Any lady
try to (ho fact that he ia prepared 1
kinds of
CUSTOM-MADE WORK
at the shortest notice. We lave
Two European Workmen,
who will give satisfaction to the tradi. 0,*u.
to the fart tliat he has had a good pitropiwW
fourteen years from the jiiiBDc,'he reels aWc-n- - )
is willing to cut and mike Clothes at iaodentflr
low prices, so as to save the ladies the trouble .1
making them, as he can then better fufUl !.;d
above promise; K01R, i*o par. Rctwrini *14
cleaning done at short notice.
JLOOUESi,
mavS-ly South Side Lamar Stmt.
Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral,
For Diseases of the Throat and Longs,
such as Coughs, Colds, Whoopin'
■ Cough, Bronchitis, Asthma,
and Consumption. —
Probably ncVCr bofort; Id "the'Whole hbtorrof
medicine, ’lias any thing won so widely end to
! deeply upon tbc confidence of mdukl&d, as us
excellent remedy lor-pulmonary complaint*.
Through a lohg soric* of years, and amour nott
of (he raw-* o^op it has ifaeu higher nmUiicijn
rioilt* 1 aWvt iofc£ fib? In m M Umarflu*-
, SUmIM wSS
; itt~t effectuhlmneov that ran te given f-r wf
1 lent copsupipvto, iuid ifa* iUpgmsp. ##***
of iht* threat and iiu-.gs, ,\s» proviMon splus
Kud.kn at tucks of h.+tu. it rltoulJ I* to-* “*
hand in every family, r.r.ci Indeed a» niLircfWne
-liine^ subject to colds and coughs all should ^
provided with ihi> autidolc for them. .
AM bough sett icd Oenatf mftttm ii Ikotftt
rumble, still gicat auiubers el «■»*•» wSenc in*
dkea»« KttSil »etUn!, have beeu cow|Atrh
rwr«nl. iin.l gif pntjfpt restore,i to so’iiri
ly fids cWrnf Pert*r*'< •**>' * >1
mnnery over Uie tUssriLva ef ih' ‘•'■Od M'
Throat, thauiie nn-st ob.-titiale of them > »W ».r ;
When nothing el-c roulC. res** luenj. swKr
(Amy JVctorol lliev »uWki« ••wu
Mntjm and 1‘uUit Hftokrrs g IukI pw*
Tjopd uot ^iibiii-h the
fert folly •imint::ji^C({. ^
Ayer’s Ague Cure,
Cot Pevcpjuid UJ5
Bilious 1 *'■
poisons.
unith.Wort nor liny uthcr mlncralpr
eubsiance whatever, it la povtUe w****
tlrnr. Tho umahersud ini|MUlflncooi
in theagimdiatrieu, arehtcreBv;has*"""
Chill Fever, Bemittent Fevj
Ague, PeriCKiical or Bilious
and togg^Jbe affscrioM
», ia ft short vita® make the machine
Pay for Itself.
Every Machine Warranted.
Leitner and Fricker,
SOLE AGENTS
asstiistigr?
KilpfepsSS
ialtng the Liver into heehlnr nctiritv. ;t
For BQVius Dtsoritors snd Liver
is an excelleat remedy, pro<Iueing
rental kable cures, where other meuirine*
b, DC. J. 0. AVER * .pbyfJ'SI
an«l Analytical Chemists, Lowell, Ma***
tok’. all rQpnd the world.
yJSICE, $1.00 PER 90TU£
: eCoxouy is weaiSF
COAL, COAL, COAL
r * Tr,«Vw« a cheaper and better fire
Layinyoureu^y t gn^ jw
aprfl2S-2m* AR3IAND L. BUTI^
TAX NOTICE.,